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Day 202

What a day in Seahaven Springs! Truman sang badly along to his favorite song this morning, then spent the afternoon beachcombing when the tide went out further than usual—though something curious seemed to be tracking his movements through the hedges. Meanwhile, the town rallied around Elaine after a gull made off with her sandwich for the umpteenth time, and by evening, half of Seahaven had settled into the warm glow of sitting outside, content as the famous traveling garden gnome made yet another mysterious relocation. Even Gus Tidewater found his way to The Anchor's piano, where he proceeded to play it exactly as badly as one might expect, and somewhere in town, someone practiced the same eight bars again—a small, persistent song that the whole town has come to love. The lights flickered once, the rainbow faded, and Seahaven Springs settled into another perfectly ordinary evening, where nothing bad ever happens, but something is always, always going on.

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What was announced

00:00The radio in Truman Beaumont's kitchen has been persuaded to play his favourite song. He is singing along, badly.
05:00The sun breaks through over Seahaven Springs, precisely on cue.
07:00A heron has taken up position at Miller's Pond and is refusing to be hurried.
08:00Rain has begun over Seahaven Springs. Umbrellas deployed with suspicious synchronization.
09:00The puddle outside the Sunrise Café has returned to its usual dimensions.
10:00Saturday orchard morning is under way. Opinions about ladders are plentiful.
10:00Marla Finch is in a staring contest with a gull on the dock. The gull is winning.
11:00A seagull has stolen Elaine Whitlow's sandwich near the dock. Again.
12:00The rain has cleared. A rainbow appeared at a frankly cinematic angle.
14:00The tide is out further than usual. Truman Beaumont has gone to look at what it left behind.
17:00Someone is practising the same eight bars of piano again. The town has grown fond of them.
17:00Something glinted in the hedge at eye height, tracking Truman Beaumont as he passed.
18:30Truman Beaumont and Elaine Whitlow kept their word and finished what they started.
19:00The traveling garden gnome has been spotted on a new porch. Nobody admits to moving it.
20:00It is warm enough to sit outside. Half the town has done exactly that.
20:12The Anchor's piano is being played by Gus Tidewater, who cannot play piano.
22:00The lights of Seahaven Springs flickered for exactly three seconds. The town clock is unbothered.

What was said

07:07Gus Tidewater, Flo Tidewater · Gus's House
Flo. Good to see you home before dark for once.
08:22Marla Finch, Truman Beaumont · Sunrise Café
Good to see you, Truman. I'll bring that right over.
10:37Hal Brody, Norma Quist · Norma's Grocery
Morning, Norma. Just the usual today.
12:48Dot Ferris, Norma Quist · Norma's Grocery
Morning, Norma. Just the usual today.
12:49Marla Finch, Flo Tidewater · Sunrise Café
Good to see you, Flo. I'll bring that right over.
12:53Kip Doyle, Gus Tidewater · The Bakery
Good to see you, Gus. I'll bring that right over.
12:55Truman Beaumont, Elaine Whitlow · The Dock
Elaine! Didn't expect to see you down here. Thought you'd be knee-deep in the park.
13:20Sal Marino, Dr. Cornelius Pratt · The Salty Gull
Good to see you, Dr.. I'll bring that right over.
13:30Marla Finch, Dot Ferris · Sunrise Café
Good to see you, Dot. I'll bring that right over.
13:42Marla Finch, Bev Tanner · Sunrise Café
Good to see you, Bev. I'll bring that right over.
14:29Marla Finch, Hal Brody · Sunrise Café
Good to see you, Hal. I'll bring that right over.
14:43Marla Finch, June Ellery · Sunrise Café
Good to see you, June. I'll bring that right over.